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I allow her in, putting my arms around her for support.

"What happened?" I ask and guide her to sit down.

"I caught him cheating on me with Marya, on my bed in my Condo." She sniffs.

"That snake!" I spit.

Ryan leans on the wall like a statue as everything unfolds before him.

"I will get you some water." I offer.

"Let me do it." Ryan offers to assist. I point to him where the kitchen is.

I settle beside Roxana and pull her closer.

"My own best friend betrayed me." She says absentmindedly.

My eyes travel to where she's clutching her arm. I push her fingers away. She is hurt, there's dry blood on it. I then realized her face also has handprints.

"Oh my God! He physically assaulted you." I say anger building inside me.

She weeps more and I push a box of tissue towards her.

"We got into an ugly argument after and he beat me up like I wasn't a person. I still can feel his blows on my body." She lifts her legs to her chest. I have never seen Roxana this broken. "He told me